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This page contains satirical commentary on salesmanship and Prohibition-era society. **"The Go-Getters" cartoon** depicts a salesman showing his new baby to colleagues, joking he must "sell himself" to support it—satirizing aggressive 1920s sales culture and the pressure on breadwinners. **"Salesmanship" poem** mocks overeager traveling salesmen who chase women ("a girl in each town calls us 'Daddy'"), buy anything on credit, and prioritize commission over results. **"Varying Views of the Night Air Mail"** is a political joke: Chicago and New York papers spin the same mail service differently based on self-interest—one claims it brings New York closer, the other claims it brings Chicago closer. It satirizes media bias. **"This Is God's Own Country"** celebrates Prohibition's success, noting arrests for liquor violations increased dramatically (321,952 to 515,996 in three years)—sarcastically suggesting this proves effectiveness.
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Keen Go-Getter (on being shown his new baby): weit, HAVE TO SELL HIMSELF TO ME! A Short History of Bathing ATHING was invented by Adam. Shortly after he was heard to say to Eve: “It isn’t cold if you get wet all at once.” Eve's bathing costume consisted of a pond lily leaf, which she wore because it was waterproof. When Abel was asked by his brother how he liked his first bath he said: “It’s great! I can hardly wait for next Saturday night.”. After which came the first murder. ah is credited with the discovery of the shower bath, al Lot's wife is said to have started the vogue of salt- water bathing. The cleanest man among the Athenians was Diogenes, who lived in a tub, The first long-distance swimmer was a gentleman named Leander, who tried to swim the Hellespont) and was drowned. Whereupon his sweetheart, for some curious reason, was called Hero, The most peautiful exhibition of gen- erosity in history is found in the Rus- sians and Turks, who gave the Russian Baths and the Turkish Baths to the world, saving apparently nothing for themselves, Newman Levy. THIS 1s Gop’s Own CouNTRY After four years of Prohibition, the number of arrests for intoxica- tion in three hundred American cities jumped from 321,952 in 1919 to 515,996 in 1923. Salesmanship Tue Go-Getters (enthusiastically) : WE are the boys who go get ‘em! The babies who fret ‘em and pet ‘em. We kid ‘em to death; then we let ‘em Buy goods to most any amount. We're great on the old shoulder slappin’; We know all the stories that happen; No smart guy can catch us a-nappin’; We go get the dollars that count! We're giddy and gay and we're gaddy; There's a girl in each town calls us. “Daddy” (That's why our expense sheets look paddy) ; But results, kid, results are the tests! There's sort of a something about us That makes ‘em all fall; do you doubt us? Could you get along long without us? The Pusuic (wearily) : For ever and ever, you pests! Tip Bliss. Varying Views of the Night Air Mail HE CHICAGOAN: It brings New York nearer to Chicago. Tue New Yorker: It brings Chicago nearer to New York. Salesman; AND ANOTHER FEATURE OF OUR ALL-STEEL FILING CABINETS WHICH Dont KNocK-BOOS' APPEALS TO THE MODERN BUSINESS MAN IS THE FACT THAT THE DRAWERS ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE FULL QUART BOTTLES IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, comicbooks.com